Capsular polysaccharide is a major complement resistance factor in lipopolysaccharide O side chain-deficient Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 953-955

  Álvarez, Dolores ^a,b   Merino, Susana ^c   Tomás, Juan M ^c   Benedí, Vicente J ^b   Albertí, Sebastián ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; O ANTIGENS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033963553     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.953-955.2000     Document Type: Article

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